Location: Huntington
Crew: Shan
Time: ?
Conditions: 1-2 ft., high tide, swampy, mooshy, offshore then switched to onshore.
Yesterday at Manhattan was crowded, so I put out the bat signal to see who was down to surf HB. Everyone had to stay local except for Shan. I agreed to pick him up. It would only be two-to-three feet, but we all know that HB can be fun when it’s small. I expected there to be a minimal crowd with small, fast shoulders to ourselves.
Shan and I parked in the state lot and walked out to the shore. It was a swampy, high tide, but we saw some peaks occasionally break through on the outside. It looked good from our vantage point. “Well, that’s all I need to see,” I said. “Let’s suit up.”
I’m gonna make a long story short. . . . We paddled out and sat for a while. The waves seemed like they wanted to break, but they rolled on through and only stood up on the inside. Even a SUP guy next to us couldn’t catch them. “All we need is the tide to drop,” I said. Too bad the tide was dropping really slow on Sunday, so the effects failed to materialize. I did get one wave though. It was a random one that broke and reformed. The inside section stood up, but I could only pump without turning. The offshore wind switched to onshore. The small group of surfers left, and there were only a few heads at River Jetties and further north. We called it quits after an hour-and-a-half. We ended the session with some $3.50 Pho by the 405 freeway. We should’ve stayed local.
yea, local sounded better than that write up. at least we got pounded by the white water for a good 15 minutes!!! it was easily 5 foot with 6 foot sets marching in, even with the high tide. kind of a trippy day that the high tide didn't really fuck shit up... in fact it might have improved the conditions.
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Yeah, there was none of that size down south. Bad swell direction I guess.
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